
While the support for high-resolution monitors is. The new version of the software, Nik Collection 2 comes with over 40 brand new presets and support for high-resolution monitors. Today DxO released its first major version of its Nik Collection suite that it acquired from Google last year. But the bottom line, for photographers, might be to avoid having your workflow dependent on any single element. DxO Nik Collection 2 Announcement is Underwhelming.

DxO has just announced Nik Collection 2018, the first major new version of the popular software suite under the ownership of DxO. If Nik is critical to your workflow, you could dedicate a second desktop to the software and avoid updates. The Nik Collection is finally getting its long-awaited update.
GOOGLE NIK COLLECTION UPDATE UPDATE
What does all this mean for photographers using the Nik plug-ins-Analog Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, Silver Efex Pro, Viveza, HDR Efex Pro, Sharpener Pro and Dfine? There won’t be any changes immediately, most likely, but one day when it’s time to update Photoshop and Lightroom or your OS, Nik will no longer function. If you have these plug-ins installed, you may experience crashing and conflicts installing or using other 3rd party plug-ins. We strongly recommend not installing Google Nik plug-ins. As we continue to focus our long-term investments in building incredible photo editing tools for mobile, including Google Photos and Snapseed, we’ve decided to make the Nik Collection desktop suite available for free, so that now anyone can use it.” Google no longer supports or updates Nik plug-ins for currently supported versions of Photoshop on current operating systems and hardware. Photo enthusiasts all over the world use the Nik Collection to get the best out of their images every day. Google purchased Nik Software in 2012, and in March 2016 made the plug-ins free for everyone, eliminating the $149 price for the software, which once cost as high as $500: “Today we’re making the Nik Collection available to everyone, for free. We have no plans to update the Collection or add new features over time.

GOOGLE NIK COLLECTION UPDATE MAC OS X
By way of a banner atop its Nik Collection webpage, Google quietly announced it would no longer support the image-editing software plug-in suite: “The Nik Collection is free and compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 through 10.10 Windows Vista, 7, 8 and Adobe Photoshop through CC 2015.

Disappointing news for photographers using the plug-ins that comprise the Nik Collection.
